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 Hey! This might be my last book of 2021!  I'm really glad I was able to get this one in, because I meant to finish it before Christmas, but just didn't have the chance, because I was more listening to books than reading physical copies, but I did it! This review is for My True Love Gave to Me , an anthology of 12 Holiday stories written by 12 different Young Adult authors; ranging from contemporary romances to fantasy.   From Goodreads: If you love holiday stories, holiday movies, made-for-TV-holiday specials, holiday episodes of your favorite sitcoms and, especially, if you love holiday anthologies, you're going to fall in love with My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories  by twelve bestselling young adult writers, edited by international bestselling author Stephanie Perkins. Whether you enjoy celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, or New Year's there's something here for everyone. So curl up by the fireplace and get cozy. Y...

So I did it! I finished my first series in YEARS!! I have completed the To All the Boys I've Loved Before  Trilogy!  I am pretty dang proud of myself right now, because I don't remember the last series I finished completely!  I mean I have finished plenty of series, but not in recent years! So here is my review of the final book in the To All the Boys I've Loved Before Trilogy, Always and Forever, Lara Jean  by Jenny Han. From Goodreads: Lara Jean is having the best senior year. And there's still so much to look forward to; a class trip to New York City, prom with her boyfriend Peter, Beach Week after graduation, and her dad's wedding to Ms. Rothschild.  Then she'll be off to college with Peter, at a school close enough for her to come home and bake chocolate chip cookies on the weekends.   Life couldn't be more perfect! At least, that's what Lara Jean thinks... until she gets some unexpected news. Now the girl who dreads c...

Hey Everyone! So we haven't had real internet in a few days where we live, and since our phones need wifi to work in our area, and we do not have cable, and heavily rely on Netflix and Hulu, it has been an interesting few days.  At this moment, I am using my hotspot on my phone, and utilizing the one bar I have in the corner of the bedroom.  Hey whatever works, right? Tomorrow, fingers crossed , we should be getting the whole no-internet fiasco fixed, but in the mean time, I've been getting a lot of reading done, during my mornings off.  And I have to say, it's been really glorious! I have not only finished P.S. I Still Love You, the second book in the To All the Boys I've Loved Before  series, but also managed to read Tahereh Mafi's latest book A Very Large Expanse of Sea  in a day, just in time to see her on Saturday at YA'll West!  I honestly, didn't expect to finish it!  I'm amazed at myself, at the moment! From Goodreads: Lara ...

Hey Everyone! Finished another book!  Second one in less than two weeks!! I'm pretty excited right now! I've been really trying to get back into reading, because it used to relax me so much, and I really miss that!! I've been trying to read this one for a while (to be fair, that's a lot of books at this point), but I finally read To All the Boys I've Loved Before  by Jenny Han!  I've met Jenny Han quite a few times now, I want to say at least three times, if not more; because I believe she has been Ya'll West every year I've been, plus I believe I've seen her in the past at Festival of Books.  Since 2015, I have seen a ton of copies of To All the Boys I've Loved Before , being held in the signing lines.  It looked liked a book I would really like.  Well I finally bought a copy, before this year's Ya'll West, and got it signed.  And because it is being released as a Netflix movie next month, I knew I needed to read it ASAP, so I could ...

Message from Mandy @The Romance Bookie So it's that time again!! 2015 is officially almost over! I just can't believe it! It seems like just last month we were celebrating the beginning of 2015! It's time to wrap-up this year, and to begin 2015! Before I go into how I failed all of my reading goals this year, I would like to share some of the life events that happened to me in 2015... -I went to my first early screening of a movie back in January, for The DUFF , and met some of the cast members. -At the beginning of February I went on my second trip to Florida with the most amazing man in my life, my boyfriend, Vincent.  We spent a little over a week at Disney World (one of our favorite places), and for a second time to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, where we went to both Diagon Alley and Hogsmead.  Drank tons of Butterbeer, Pumpkin juice, pear cider, ate at the Leaky Cauldron, and did the new Gringott's Bank Ride!  It was incredible! ...

Hey Everyone!! I did something extremely exciting two weekends ago! I got the amazing opportunity to once again to attend The Festival of Books at USC in Los Angeles!  It's a two day event, where an amazingly talents list of authors attend.  It's so huge, and authors are just walking among everyone else! (Which I know, they do anyway in life, but it's still so cool, because you never know who you are going run into!) Today is for Part 1 of the event, because I attended both days, and took many photos, plus all my new beautiful signed copies that I get to add to my shelf!!! Day 1, Saturday, started with my AMAZING boyfriend and I heading out at 8:30 in the morning, because we live about an hour and a half away from USC.  We got there a little after ten, grabbed a map, and headed to our (or rather my) first event of the day...Sarah Dessen. I've been a huge fan of Sarah's since I started seriously reading my freshmen year of high school ten years ago.  I own ev...